New Jersey State Profile of Exposure to Coal-Fired Power Plants

State Profile

Total Number of
Power Plants 5

Total Reported Releases

Air 9,815,066
Land 252
Water 18

Total Lake Acres/River

Miles under Mercury 24,000 /
Fish Advisory 6,450

Total Ozone Non-

Attainment Areas 21

Exposure Within 30 Mile Radius

Total Population 7,544,012

Total Number of Children 1,696,787

Total Number of
Children in Poverty 244,225
Map Legend
Total Number of Children
Circles Represent a Thirty Mile Radius around Power Plants With Asthma 99,488

Major Cities are Shown

Environmental Release Profile
Air Releases are for 2000
Land and Water Releases are for 1998

New Jersey Air Releases (tons except where noted) Land Waste in Tons (on site (off site))

Total Total
Total Reported Reported
Reported Acid Mercury Land Water
Plant Name County Air Releases NOx SO2 CO2 PM2.5 PM10 VOCs Gases (lbs) releases Arsenic Chromium Nickel Releases
B L England Cape May 1,920,202 5,164 15,507 1,899,031 42 67 44 388 159 65 0 (2) 0 (0.2) 0 (0.3) 14
Deepwater Salem 572,852 1,087 3,190 568,291 17 32 12 240 25 17 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
Hudson Hudson 3,890,600 9,193 23,234 3,855,072 162 350 382 2,368 162 163 7 (0) 11 (4) 11 (3) 3
Mercer Mercer 3,431,412 13,064 16,811 3,399,438 77 134 48 1,916 192 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1
Total 9,815,066 28,508 58,742 9,721,832 298 584 487 4,913 539 245 7 (2) 11 (4) 11 (3) 18

Notes and Sources: All releases are given in tons per year except for mercury which is given in pounds per year. Total air releases is the sum of NOx, SO2, CO2, PM10, VOCs, acid
gases, and mercury (PM2.5 is included in PM10). The specific land waste metals were chosen due to their potential to contaminate groundwater. Metals listed Include metals and
their compounds. The Total Reported Land Releases column does not reflect all solid waste generated from coal-fired power plants. Water releases include total releases from the
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). SO2, NOx, and CO2 emissions come from the EPA’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring System data for 2000. Mercury is calculated by applying the
mercury emission rates developed in “Mercury Falling” (Environmental Working Group, Clean Air Network, and NRDC, 1999) to the heat input reported in the EPA CEMS data for
2000. PM2.5, PM10, VOCs, and acid gas emission rates were calculated based on the Clean Air Network’s data for 1998 emissions. The emission rates were applied to the heat
input for 2000. All other data came from the Clean Air Network 1998 data. All calculations were done by MSB Energy Associates for the Clean Air Task Force.
New Jersey Exposure Profile for Children Within 30 Miles of a Coal-Fired Power Plant
Data Sources: U.S. Census Population Estimates for 1997; “Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Lung Disease by
Lung Association Territory,” American Lung Association, 2001 (data is for 1998).

Exposure from Plants in State

Exposed Children Children in Pediatric

Plant State County Population Under 18 Poverty Asthma
B L England NJ Cape May 537,351 124,074 22,392 7,336
Deepwater NJ Salem 804,708 207,624 35,888 11,977
Hudson NJ Hudson 4,560,212 998,339 152,933 58,095
Mercer NJ Mercer 2,325,126 525,480 62,090 31,274